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High-Speed Stock Trading

High-Speed Stock Trading. Trading Simulation Background Information. RAM Corp. is a Top Tier ERP software vendor which stock is traded around $100. Suddenly it is reported that the CEO of RAM Corp CEO has gone missing, stock price plunge as traders scrambled to sell off RAM’s stocks.

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High-Speed Stock Trading

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  1. High-Speed Stock Trading

  2. Trading SimulationBackground Information • RAM Corp. is a Top Tier ERP software vendor which stock is traded around $100. • Suddenly it is reported that the CEO of RAM Corp CEO has gone missing, stock price plunge as traders scrambled to sell off RAM’s stocks

  3. Trading Simulation • Rumour has surfaced that the CEO is in fact alive and sound and will be returning to the office. • Now as traders, your mission is to buy RAM Corp’s stock at the lowest price possible.

  4. Trading Simulation • Please open the following webpage: • http://www.m-flat.com/ramcorp.html • (DON’T click “Buy This Stock” button!)

  5. Trading Simulation • Wait until you see the lowest price at the ticker ….then click “Buy This Stock”! Price 100 Lowest Click! Time

  6. Trading Simulation • Check your ranking • As you can see, we purchased RAM Corp’s stock at the lowest price possible. This is because we can place the order 0.03 sec ahead of you!!

  7. History of Stock Trading • The NYSE took shape in New York City in the 1790s. • The NYSE introduced in 1867 a stock ticker. (telegraphic receiving instrument) • After 1878, due to telephone invention, the trading time was reduced from 15 minutes to less than 60 seconds.

  8. History In 1978 was inaugurated the Inter-market Trading System (ITS). This system used computers to connect the NYSE to other stock exchanges. In 1998: electronic exchanges were authorized. Currently: companies use powerful algorithms

  9. High-Speed stock trading Computer programs that order stocks without human intervention Directly connected to stock exchanges in the world It gets real-time information: stock price, trading volume, trading cost The system finds out the price difference between exchanges. It also defines the best timing and amount of transactions.

  10. High-Speed Stock Trading • Real time analysis • Simulation • Performance • High-speed data transfer

  11. High Speed Stock Trading • Percentage of System-Trading in Trading volume is increasing: from 35% to 73% • Investment Banker, Hedge funds gain $210 billion in profit from the high speed trading.

  12. System Trading -Infrastructure- Stock Price Data Place order Trading system Stock Exchange Decide When to sell What amount to sell Grid-Based High Performance System Performance Simulation • Direct connection • to Stock Exchange • High-speed • connection • Get • Current price • Current trading • volume Real-Time Data Transfer

  13. System Trading vs Discretionary Trading Investors Stock Brokers Stock Exchange 1-5sec 1sec 1sec 1sec Companies with System trading (Hedge Funds, Investment Bank) 0.03sec 0.004-0.03sec

  14. Infrastructure • Grid Computing • Subset of Cloud computing • Scalable system: Clusters of networked PC • Processing in Parallel Allocate Task Simulation Result

  15. Grid + SOA = GOA(Grid Oriented Architecture) • NOT one system = one software. System User Application Layer Virtualized Resources

  16. Case Study –Goldman Sachs • Developed original system since 1980s • Generated more than $4 billion per year • Expanded system worldwide • GSAT (Goldman Sachs Algorithm Trading) Providing customers high-speed Trading

  17. Case Study –UBS • European leader of system trading • Developed grid system in 2005 • Operating system with 2,000 PCs • Has excess capacity • proving cloud services (System-trading) to customers

  18. Flash Trading • Goldman Sachs can get price info 0.03 sec faster than other traders. • With high-speed trading system, they can do front-running. (Place their order before customer’s) • FRB will restrict fast access to Stock Exchange

  19. Cloud computing in High-Speed Trading • Nasdaq DataStore • Amazon S3 technology (Saas) • Providing real-time price / trade info needed to system trading • New technology boost competition

  20. Takeaway • System-Trading enables traders to place order in mili-seconds. • Technology improvement has boosted competition. • Competition in High-Speed Trading is ongoing… until reaching 0.00001sec?

  21. Q&A • Any question?

  22. Appendix -Trading Simulation- Ajax+PHP PHP+MySQL Price info Transaction Data Auto-Price Update Application Server Database Server (Mysql)

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